Democracy | Some revealing quotes

"An urgent word to Mayor Keck and all current political decision-makers: There is no tyranny of the unvaccinated! Educate yourselves before proclaiming such theses. Advocate for an immediate end to discrimination and unequal treatment of the unvaccinated in public life, workplaces, schools, and daycare centers. Demand a halt to the downplaying of vaccine information and a return to scientific neutrality incorporating economics and social sciences, moving away from the lobby-aligned panic policies that deliberately ignore scientific facts and trample on fundamental democratic values." Prof. Dr. Jörg Fuß

"Freedom can never be completely safeguarded by rules and laws. It is as much dependent on the courage, integrity, and responsibility of each of us as it is on these qualities in those who govern. Every trait in us and our leaders which points to passive submission to mere power betrays democratic freedom. In our American system of democratic government, three different powerful branches serve to check each other, the executive, the legislative, and the judiciary. Yet when there is no will to prevent encroachment of the power of one by any of the others, this system of checks, too, can degenerate." Joost A.M. Meerloo

"Name me a country where journalists and politicians get along, and I'll tell you there's no democracy." Hugh Carleton Greene

"The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite. It is the task of statesmanship to mold, to balance, and to integrate these and other forces, new and old, within the principles of our democratic system–ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society." Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Out of fear for their share of the spoils, the German Republic was born in the grand ducal velvet armchairs and in the pubs of Weimar, not as a form of government, but as a COMPANY. Its statutes do not mention the PEOPLE, but PARTIES; not power, honor, and greatness, but PARTIES. We no longer have a fatherland, but PARTIES; no rights, but PARTIES; no goal, no future, but the interests of PARTIES. And these parties – once again: not sections of the people, but commercial enterprises with a paid bureaucracy, which were to American parties what a junk shop is to a department store – decided to give the ENEMY everything he wanted, to sign every demand, to awaken in him the courage to make ever greater demands, just so that they could pursue their own goals internally." Oswald Spengler

"When we give government the power to make medical decisions for us, we in essence accept that the state owns our bodies." Ron Paul

"Democracy is a political system that does not guarantee the rule of the people, but rather their exploitation." Hans-Hermann Hoppe

"We hear statements such as “This is a free country” or “This is a dictatorship where there is no freedom.” However, these are vague assertions in which the meaning of freedom is not real. One person may feel very free in a totalitarian regime, while another living in a democracy may feel the chains of slavery on their shoulders, weighing down every step they take. The chains of slavery only bind our hands: it is the spirit that makes a person free or a slave." Franz Grillparzer

"Democracy is the worship of jackals by jackasses." Henry Louis Mencken

"One of the horrors of democracy is that every idiot can invoke it when it suits their interests." Wiglaf Droste

"The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you get to vote before you obey orders." Charles Bukowski

"Democracy and socialism have nothing in common except a single word: equality. The difference is considerable: while democracy seeks equality in freedom, socialism seeks equality in restriction and subjugation." Alexis De Tocqueville

"There are three kinds of tyrants: some obtain their proud position through elections by the people, others through armed force, and others through inheritance." Étienne de La Boétie

"No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power." Jacob Bronowski